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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Individuals, businesses, and community organizations are encouraged to apply for funding for materials, infrastructure, or time…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Individuals, businesses, and community organizations are encouraged to apply for funding for materials, infrastructure, or time…
Continue ReadingAs spring and summer recreation ramp up, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation advised the public Friday to expect lower than normal water levels in…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cascades Academy has been named one of the 2022 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon by Oregon Business Magazine. This ranking…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Transportation is preparing for another dead tree removal, and this time, they say it’s not because of herbicide use.…
Continue ReadingNearly three years after the daunting $127 million asking price was set for a vast 33,000-acre forest west of Bend – bigger than the city itself –…
Continue ReadingISSAQUAH, Wash. (AP) — An invasive species is consuming and competing with native species in western Washington, including salmon. Scientists have…
Continue ReadingAbout 925 additional acres of the Santiam State Forest will reopen to public access after the 2020 Labor Day fires heavily impacted the…
Continue ReadingGov. Kate Brown signed an executive order Monday that declared “a state of drought emergency” for Deschutes, Grant, Lake and Malheur counties,…
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In observance of Earth Day on Friday, students in Bend-La Pine Schools are celebrating the day with some creative and meaningful…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth…
Continue ReadingMore than 40 angling and hunting-related businesses, organizations and community groups in Oregon have released a letter of support for the River…
Continue ReadingSens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday $11.67 million in federal funding headed to five collaborative forestry projects around…
Continue ReadingThe Wildlands Conservancy, owner of California’s largest nonprofit nature preserve system, announced Wednesday the group’s first out-of-state…
Continue ReadingA Deschutes County hearings officer heard testimony Tuesday from many residents and a land-use watchdog group opposed to a proposal to rezone 710…
Continue ReadingA Native American tribe in southern Oregon said Tuesday it is assessing its legal options after learning the U.S. government plans to release water…
Continue ReadingThe Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest announced Friday it will begin restoration work this summer on the Lower Black Butte…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes Land Trust announced Thursday it has expanded the size of its nearly 4,700-acre Priday Ranch wildlife preserve north of…
Continue ReadingClimatologists say rare April snow, along with rain sweeping across the Pacific Northwest this week could increase water supplies, slow snowmelt and…
Continue ReadingThe Environmental Center is thrilled to host their family-friendly Earth Day Fair and Parade on Saturday, April 23rd, from 11:30 am to 3 pm. This…
Continue ReadingAs Bend keeps growing, you’d think its water demands do as…
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